Agenda

The National Academy of Sciences and The National Academy of Engineering

June 12-13, 2012 The National Academy of Sciences Building 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418

At this National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering symposium, stakeholders examined the next-generation tools, platforms and infrastructure necessary for continued progress in synthetic biology - and the associated social and policy implications. The symposium was the final of a three-part series organized in conjunction with the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academies of Science and Engineering. The symposium featured the following sessions:

Gerardo Jiménez-Sanchez, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development John Perkins, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, U.K. Government Xian-en Zhang, Ministry of Science and Technology of China

2:00 Discussion with Participants

2:15 Perspectives on Synthetic Biology from within the Political System

Moderator: Aristides Patrinos, Synthetic Genomics

Speaker:

David Uffindell, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, U.K. Government Jetta Wong, U.S. House of Representatives Guo-ping Zhao, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences